GENERAL NEWS

The Management of Radio Ada 93.3 FM says they were attacked because of their extensive coverage of issues surrounding the Songor Lagoon.   In a press statement to present the facts of their attack, they stated that one of the hoodlums who had attacked them had revealed to them that …

The Registrar General’s Department has removed the names of 2,788 companies from Ghana’s Companies Register.     The affected companies failed to comply with the directive issued by the department to file their annual returns or risk being delisted from the Companies Register.   In a statement copied to MyGhanaMedia.com …

President Akufo-Addo has appointed Kofi Ofosu Nkansah as the chief executive officer (CEO) of the National Entrepreneurship and Innovation Programme (NEIP).     In a letter dated 11 January 2022, and signed by the Chief of Staff at the office of the President, Akosua Frema Osei-Opare, Mr Ofosu Nkansah, is …

Second and third-year students in second cycle schools will be heading back to school on February 7, 2022.   According to a Ghana Education Service release, the first years have a tentative reopening date of April 4, 2022. All students in basic schools will return to school on January 18. …

Amadu Hamza, the MCE of Bawku, says security personnel in Bawku in the Upper East Region will henceforth “shoot and kill” anyone who would want to destabilise the peace of the Municipality. He said, “In fact, [when] the soldiers and the police come out, they are coming out fully; they’ll …

Flights to and from Ghana, Guinea, Angola, Ivory Coast and Uganda are now available on Emirates Airlines – reversing a ban the company had brought in last month. A statement from the airline says travelers from Dubai must follow new coronavirus guidance: Passengers entering from Guinea, Uganda or Ghana must show a 48‑hour negative PCR …

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo and Former President John Agyekaum Kufuor have been asked by a group of New Patriotic Party (NPP) members in the Central Region to speak up against what they believe is the unfair application of the rules of engagement ahead of the party’s upcoming internal elections. …

Some concerned Ghanaians have resolved to boycott Mobile Phone Networks due to issues with the SIM card registration exercise. They are Ras Mubarak, Prof. Raymond Atuguba, Kofi Bentsil, Franklin Cudjoe, Kofi Kakraba Pratt, Dr. Kwesi Owusu James Afedo, Selorm Branttie, Francis Kofi Korankye-Sakyi, Samson Lardy Anyenini, Manasseh Azure Awuni Akyaaba …

The baby boy, a twin was admitted to the facility on November 31, 2021, for treatment of a childhood hernia which according to the nursing mother Madam Lydia Dagadu popular called Maafia, a poorly inserted cannula by a clinician at the hospital led to swelling of the hand of the …

Social Democracy and Development Dialogue Forum – Africa (SDDDF-AFRICA) has called on the National Communication Authority (NCA) and Ministry of Communications to immediately halt the ongoing SIM card registration exercise.   According to SDDDF-Africa, the exercise of Mobile Telecom Companies creating another biometric database or national identity register is illegal. …